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Winter Storm Watch 19, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 18, 201710 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at May 18, 2017, 5:23 AM MDT for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 19, 2017, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 2017, 5:23 AM MDT (11:23 UTC)
In effect from: May 19, 2017, 12:00 AM MDT
Expired: May 18, 2017, 3:09 PM MDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at May 17, 11:22 PM MDT, 6 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 11:22 PM MDT, 6 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 8:13 PM MDT, 9 hours 10 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 11:55 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	48 hr
May 18, 1:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	47 min
May 18, 1:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	36 min
May 18, 1:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	21 min
May 18, 2:54 PM MDT	Frost Advisory	PUB	El Paso, Huerfano, Las Animas	18 hr
May 18, 2:54 PM MDT	Freeze Warning	PUB	El Paso	18 hr
May 18, 3:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Las Animas, Otero	25 min
May 18, 3:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	35 min
May 18, 3:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	45 min
May 18, 4:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Otero	17 min
May 18, 4:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	23 min
May 18, 4:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	50 min
May 18, 4:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	31 min
May 18, 5:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	25 min
May 18, 5:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	31 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.